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Send the patch or badge artwork and we will match it, down to the wording around the seal. A sheriff’s office can center the star, and the thin blue line flag fits on the reverse. On a coin made for one person, you can add that officer’s badge number, and the whole coin can be cut as a badge or a star. K9, SWAT, motors, and corrections can each put their emblem on a coin the rest of the department does not carry. For a promotion ceremony, find the proof approval date first, since that is the step that sets when the coins can ship.State Police Challenge Coins and Highway Patrol Coins
A state police challenge coin leans on symbols residents already know. The state seal often sits in the center with the campaign hat that marks a trooper, and the reverse may carry the state outline or the state flag. A trooper from across the state still knows which agency the coin belongs to.
Statewide agencies hand these out when a trooper class graduates, and again when an officer promotes. A retirement calls for a separate design, and a memorial for troopers lost in the line of duty needs one too. When an outside agency stops by, troopers trade coins, and the one an officer keeps tends to stay on a desk at the station or in a pocket.
Highway patrol challenge coins follow the state police approach, and the artwork comes from the job on the pavement. A patrol car or a motorcycle fills one side, and the highway patrol badge or the winged wheel lets a visiting unit spot the agency. Traffic and motor units give them for years on the road, and for a high-pressure stop the unit handled well.
Police Academy Challenge Coins and Park Police Coins
Police academy challenge coins mark the day a class finishes. Every recruit who makes it to graduation day receives one, with the class number and the date on the front so the coin still names that class years later. The academy seal can hold the center, and a motto runs along the rim when the academy wants those words kept.
Academies also award coins after the class has graduated. Academies give one to the recruit who leads academics, and they do the same for the leader in firearms or physical fitness. Instructors keep a coin from each class they taught, and over a career those coins become a record of who trained under them.
Park police and park rangers put the land they protect on the coin. A national park design can hold its landmark or its monument in the center while wildlife fills the field around it, and the bald eagle is a favorite on those coins. State agencies often start from the ranger badge or the arrowhead, and they order when an officer retires or when another agency shows up to trade.
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Cut a badge
star
Cut the coin and the outline alone tells people what they are holding. A star-shaped coin or a badge outline gives you the same instant read. People know it is law enforcement before they read a single word.
Give the unit
its own coin
Specialty coins should read as that unit and no other. A K9 team wants the dog in silhouette. If you run motors or SWAT, start from the patch on the vest, and add a bike if the unit lives on two wheels.
Present a coin
for bravery
Bravery deserves a coin the officer can show their kids. You give it for that one act, and they carry the recognition with them after the day is done.
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Everything you need to know about designing, ordering, and creating your custom police challenge coins.
A police challenge coin is a custom coin a law enforcement agency gives its own people. A chief may hand one to an officer after a hard call. A union or an FOP lodge can order one for its members as well.
Yes. We reproduce it from the artwork your department provides, and we keep the words that border the seal exactly as they stand.
We make coins for state troopers and for highway patrol, and traffic or motor units can order under the unit name. Add the agency name when you reach out so we start from the right patch.
We make graduation coins for police academies, so a class can leave with a coin from that day. Award coins for standout recruits can join that order.
The minimum order is 50 coins. We usually recommend 100, because the quantity discount at that tier makes 100 cost only a little more in total than 50.
Production usually takes 3-4 weeks after you approve the proof, often sooner, plus a few days in transit. Shipping is free to all 50 states. If you have a ceremony date, tell your rep the deadline up front so they can confirm the turnaround before you approve the design.
Police departments and other government entities can pay by purchase order on NET30 terms. The purchase order should be on official letterhead, carry a signature, show the date, and match the order total.